Kings Seeds Order Placed

This year's order to Kings Seeds has been placed. Several seeds are left over from last year (such as cauliflowers) and so the order this year complements last years order. Its also time to expand into herbs (for the front garden). This year's "free seeds" are some flowers for pots by the front door

VEGIES:
Onion Italian Long Keeper
Cucumber Mini White
Turnip Tokyo White Cross
Radish German Giant
Tomato Riesentraube
Tomato Purple Calabash
Bean Albenga
Rhubarb Glaskins Perpetual
Carrot Nutri Red
Squash Lunar Selection
Pumpkin Jack be Little

HERBS:
Thyme English Winter
Lemon Balm
Coriander Spicy Asian

FLOWERS:
Dahlia Unwins Ideal Bedding Mix
Viola Pansy Jolly Joker

Tree Onions

I was thrilled to see Red Barn selling Tree Onions. These neat plants grow their bulbs in the air where they grow until they get to big and the plant collapses causign them to bend over and touch the ground where they root!

In went the tree onions, as did some garlic, and some chives that have been sitting in the green room for a few months. I also bunged some sage in the same patch (not the usual vege-patch, this is a new herb-patch).

Onions

An experiment with onions. While on holiday I read about onions needing long daylight hours before the bulbs form, and also that you can get them ready for planting early. So I planted a few punnets of seeds (bolotano and long keeper) to see if it works.

Garlic

Nichols has garlic cloves for $10 a bag, or $2 a clove. There's a free patch in the front garden and as garlic is arguably a herb it can be planted outside of the patch. One clove will go in the empty patch along side some sage (that also came from Nichols).

Fresh Garden Vegies (and a cucumber too)

Parsnips, Carrots, and Turnips for dinner. This is the first parsnip from the garden this season, they take months for grow. Turnips and carrots as usual.

Cucumbers grow well inside in Dunedin. This is the first from the vine, but there is at least one other that will do well, and a total of about 10 in early stages.

Onions

Although not all harvested today, here's this year's onion selection. Red onion on the left and green on the right. The harvest was not as good as it might have been because the cabbages swamped the onions.

Purple Cauli

Dunner during week. Purple Cauliflowers loose their colour when you cook them. Didn't expect to see cauliflowers forming at this time of year - they are more frequently seen in the vege patch in November. There are 2 white cauli on their way and a green one too. This year there's no rabbit to eat them all.